Wind energy pricing remains attractive to utility and commercial purchasers, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by the Electricity Markets & Policy Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Prices offered by newly built wind projects are averaging around $0.02/kWh, driven lower by technology advancements and cost reductions. According to the LBNL’s 2015 Wind Technologies Market Report, lower installed project costs – along with improvements in capacity factors – are enabling aggressive wind power pricing. After topping out at nearly $0.07/kWh in 2009, the average levelized long-term price from wind power sales agreements has dropped to around $0.02/kWh. Notably, the report cautions, this nationwide average is dominated by projects that largely hail from the lowest-priced central region of the country. “Wind...